1. User Success Stories Johannes Gutenberg-University
Department of Radiology , Mainz, Germany
Peter Mildenberger
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3. University Hospital Mainz and Department of Radiology
1500 beds, ~100 wards
inpatients/year, outpatients
>30 examination rooms in Radiology
~ 500 exams / d
~ 15 clinical conferences / d
RIS since 1988
PACS since 1996 (Rad, Neurorad, NUK, Cardio, Endo, Dent..)
>80 modalities (e.g. 5 CTs, 5 MRs, 5 CRs, 3 DRs..) hospital wide
GB / d new data
~ 45 TB online (>70 million images)
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4. The IHE Radiology WorkflowX
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N, Wisrz, PhD, Siemens

5. Status Nov 2006
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6. Status Nov 2005
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7. Status Nov 2005
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12. Clinical wide PACS Access
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13. Clinical wide PACS Data Sources
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14. Image Sources Radiography, CT, MRT, DSA Sonography Szintigraphy, PET
Visible Light
Endoscopy, Pathology, Ophthalmology, Digital Photography, microscopic slides)
Cardiology
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15. Integrated Presentation
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16. IHE on the National Level
The idea of IHE is recognised by the „Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“(DFG), which is responsible for funding medical equipment and IT-Infrastructure in Universities
Strategic Paper in 2005: „..Zur Erleichterung der Kommunikation zwischen verschiedenen IT-Anwendungssystemen einschließlich der Medizintechnik werden die Inhalte der IHE-Initiative unterstützt und müssen bei Beschaffungen zunehmend Bestandteil von Ausschreibungen werden…“
> Means IHE-Profiles should be respected for interoperability and must be used for proposals
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17. Conclusions flexible implementation, less independant from a vendor
MWL, MPPS, StComm improve clinical workflow, data consistency, quality of documentation,...
IHE is a pragmatic model for the clinical scenarios
IHE profiles should become regular part of RFPs
IHE Process fits also outside Radiology (e.g. Lab, Card.)
IHE-PDI part of a national activity of the DRG regarding interoperability of Patient-CDs
Acceptance of IHE on a national level
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